What documentation is needed when the bank will not provide copies of cancelled checks?
When a guardian is appointed by the Court, letters of guardianship will be issued. After appointment, the guardian should take the letters and the order of appointment to a bank and open an account that contains only the funds of the minor and is titled something like “Estate of Minor Child, Name of Guardian.” If possible, that account should be an account that returns cancelled checks or images of cancelled checks. Many banks no longer issue or return cancelled checks. If replacement records are needed later, the letters of guardianship should be sufficient to support the guardians authority to order them.
